LIVE FUTURES REPORT 13/07: Aluminium up 1.8%, nickel and tin shrug off higher dollar index

Futures prices for nickel, aluminium and tin were higher at the 5pm close on July 13 on the London Metal Exchange, despite a spike in the United States Dollar Index after the release of US consumer price index readings.

Aluminium's three-month price was the best performer on the LME on Tuesday, with a 1.8% gain on Monday's price to $2,535.50 per tonne. Over 15,000 lots of aluminium were traded by 5pm and it had the strongest volumes in the complex. 
Forward buying in aluminium also had support from its front curve, with the metal's cash-to-three-month spread last trading at a $16.16 contango. 

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